More signs of trouble in Iraq: The British Army in the south suffered their worse month for casualties since it took Basra in April, 2003. Eleven soldiers were killed, almost half as many as were loss in the invasion itself. A respected British commander, General Sir Rupert Smith, says that Britain does not have a strategy in Iraq. He commented that simply following the Charlatan's regime is not a strategy, but an attitude. Amen. On this side of the pond, former NSA chief, retired Lt. General William Odom, says the current Commander in Chief has "gone AWOL on Iraq". He continued in his Sunday radio address, "Most Americans suspect that something is fundamentally wrong with the President's management of the conflict in Iraq. And they are right. The challenge we face today is not how to win in Iraq; it is how to recover from a strategic mistake: invading Iraq in the first place...We cannot 'win' a war that serves our enemies interests and not our own." When the old war horses finally say the jig is up, its time to pack the ole kit bag and say good night, Irene.